By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Jenn Giroux, R.N., the new Executive Director of HLI America does a brilliant job of dismantling claims made by a policy analyst from a research group linked to Planned Parenthood about the overwhelming medical, social and economic benefit of increased access to contraception.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
An advertising campaign planned for the Christmas holidays by Protestant churches in the UK is being called “politically naïve” because it depicts an ultrasound image of Jesus in the womb of Mary.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A controversy is raging over a decision by the Empire State Building to refuse a request to light the famous skyscraper on August 26 in honor of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mother Teresa of Calcutta.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The contest between radical pro-abortion Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and pro-life challenger Carly Fiorina may become a battle over abortion rights.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new study has found that almost half of the “euthanasia nurses” practicing in Belgium admit to euthanizing patients who did not ask for their lives to be ended.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In a classic example of how the media is manipulating public opinion in the Arizona immigration law debate, most news outlets conveniently forgot to mention the fact that all students at Kalamazoo Central High School were required to show their “papers” to the Secret Service before President Barack Obama’s June 7 commencement address.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Thus far, several states are considering, or already planning, to include ballot initiatives that will give citizens a chance to weigh in on health care reform this November, a move that is expected to boost voter turnout at the polls.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Priests from all over the world are expected to gather in Rome this week to attend a world meeting of clergy from June 9-11 to mark the end of the Year for Priests.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A nationwide search is underway for two persons of interest who used a cross to beat to death an elderly woman in a church in rural Arkansas.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Less than a decade after the rush to make the “morning after pill”, known as Plan B, more widely available to women to prevent “unplanned pregnancies,” the failure of the drug now has the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) considering a new emergency contraceptive that studies show could be more effective in preventing pregnancy.
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